PHOTOS: This week at Frankfurt’s Light+Building Fair

ARES at LIGHT+BUILDING 2012, in photo: La Dina in their Fantasy Garden theme

Sunday was the first day of Frankfurt’s Light+Building fair: The world’s biggest trade fair for lighting and intelligent building. It boasts over 1,500 lighting manufacturers (including Brand Van Egmond, Vibia, Flos, Ares, DGA, Fabbian, Marset and Bover) making it one of the most complete representations of the lighting industry.

Marset at LIGHT+BUILDING DAY 2012, in photo: Pleat Boxes by Javier Manosa

From decorative to architectural to outdoor, almost the full spectrum of lighting is represented at the fair. The theme at Light+Building this year is energy efficiency and incorporating lighting efficiency into the broader scheme of engineering, architecture and construction. On our first day we visited the booths of Ares and Marset – two brands that never disappoint in their showings.